Do you want to understand why borderlines attract narcissists in codependent relationships and how DBT skills can be effective against borderline personality disorder (bpd) and codependency? If yes, then keep reading...
Dialectical refers to the combining of two seemingly opposite ideas and about DBT these counterparts are Acceptance and Change. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy, patients are taught to accept things the way they are right now, at this moment, deprived of judgment. Then they look to what change can be made to their behaviors, answers, how they do things, to make them better in their lives. It is looking at the idea of accepting that at this moment, they are already doing the best that they can, and they can continue to do even better.
Behavioral states to the actions, answers, and traits that they exhibit. Behavior can be educated. It is all about Reinforcement and Reward. Every time we do something, and a result happens from it, that behavior is reinforced. A dog sits for you and is given a treat. This is not about reward, but reinforcement. They come to realize that if they sit (the behavior), they will be given a treat (reinforcement of the behavior). If an individual throw a temper tantrum, and the other person gives in to their demands, the temper tantrum (the behavior) gives them the result that they want (the reinforcement).
A reward is a form of reinforcement, but the thought is applied to a benefit achieved when good behavior is exhibited. This is not necessarily the case. In the eyes of the person exhibiting negative behavior tactics to achieve want they want, getting what they want is also the reward. Any behavior can be reinforced or rewarded, which increases the possibility that the behavior will be repeated.
In DBT, negative activities are targeted for variation and reinforcement/reward. They can be anything from suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm to over-indulgent behaviors with food and/or substance abuse, to reckless and impulsive traits. When the patient starts to have a better understanding of the bigger, more imminently harmful behavioral traits and how to modify their behaviors, then they can work on the smaller ones, which can be also very harmful to the person and their loved ones.
This book covers the following topics:
- What is borderline personality disorder (BDP)?
- Understanding borderline personality disorder
- Symptoms of borderline personality disorder
- Dealing with BDP
- Borderline personality disorder guidelines
- Communicating with BDP
- What is dialectical behavior therapy
- How to help yourself if you have BDP
- Distress tolerance
- DBT mindfulness skills
- How to control your emotions
- How to recover from emotional trauma
- Act therapy
...And much more
The T is, of course, for Therapy. This is a massive part of DBT, because therapy, in its many forms that it will take during the course of a DBT program, is essential to the reinforcement of positive behavioral changes and skill-building. It takes a lot of synchronized work between a person and their therapist in order to build the shiny new toolbox filled with the skills needed to effectively change their lives for the better.
DBT helps to teach people with Borderline Personality Disorder (among others) how to regulate their emotions, find healthy coping mechanisms for dealing with stress, how to live in the "now" of the moment, and how to improve their relationships with the people around them.
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